Hi Pau, Thanks for updating this. Can we also add it in the Downloads section on the wiki? Is Jason the person with the access rights for this?
Thanks, Nikos On 16 June 2017 at 12:27, Pau Cabre <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nikos, > > Thanks for finding this out. I guess that my tests did not fail because there > still was the old m5 in /sbin. > I have merged your pull request and generated a new release. You can find the > files here: > https://github.com/metempsy/gem5_arm_fullsystem_files_generator/releases/download/20170616/aarch-system-20170616.tar.xz > > Thanks again, > Pau > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nikos Nikoleris [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 14:19 > To: gem5 Developer List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] update ARM Full-System Files > (aarch-system-2014-10.tar.xz) > > Hi Pau, > > Thanks again for providing the scripts and the binaries for the new ARM > system files. > > I was trying them today and it seems that for the 32bit ARM (aarch32) system > files, the m5 util is copied to /sbin/m5.aarch32 rather than /sbin/m5. This > will likely break bootscripts that expect the m5 utility to be at /sbin/m5. > Is this intentional? It seems that for the 64bit version the docker script > does the right thing. > > Thanks, > > Nikos > > On 3 May 2017 at 17:29, Jason Lowe-Power <[email protected]> wrote: >> The file is uploaded to the same place as the previous one. >> >> Cheers, >> Jason >> >> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 10:55 AM Pau Cabre <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Jason/Andreas, >>> >>> Thank you very much for the upload. >>> Could you also upload the newer release which uses kernel 4.4 instead >>> of >>> 4.3 for the VExpress_GEM5_V1 platforms? >>> >>> https://github.com/metempsy/gem5_arm_fullsystem_files_generator/relea >>> ses/download/20170426/aarch-system-20170426.tar.xz >>> >>> Now we need to think about how to make the transition from the old >>> files to the new ones. I am relatively new to gem5 and I do not know >>> how this has been done before, but I would say that it is worth >>> considering something like what I did in >>> https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/2841/ >>> Any other idea? >>> >>> Regarding updating the links in the gem5 wiki, I do not have >>> permissions for editing http://gem5.org/Download nor for creating new >>> pages, so somebody else will have to do it. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> Pau >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jason Lowe-Power [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: lunes, 1 de mayo de 2017 16:36 >>> To: gem5 Developer List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] update ARM Full-System Files >>> (aarch-system-2014-10.tar.xz) >>> >>> Hi Pau and Andreas, >>> >>> I've uploaded the file to the server. You can add a link on the wiki >>> page to >>> http://www.gem5.org/dist/current/arm/aarch-system-20170421.tar.xz. >>> Let me know if you need me to move it somewhere else or if you need >>> anything else uploaded. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jason >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 11:51 AM Andreas Sandberg < >>> [email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Pau, >>> > >>> > It seems like this is a bit more complicated than I anticipated. >>> > The dist files are too big to be handled by the wiki, so they are >>> > apparently stored as static files in the file system on the web >>> > server. I'll have to make some enquiries and get back to you. >>> > >>> > I think putting the script in util would make a lot of sense. >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > Andreas >>> > >>> > >>> > On 28/04/2017 14:08, Pau Cabre wrote: >>> > > Hi Andreas, >>> > > >>> > > My username for the gem5 wiki is Pcabre >>> > > >>> > > I agree that it makes sense to have something that gets >>> > > distributed with >>> > gem5 that automatically builds the kernels, the bootloaders and the >>> > DTBs (disk images may be another story though). >>> > > Were you thinking about something like a python script in the "util" >>> > directory? If yes, I should be able to do it. >>> > > >>> > > Thanks, >>> > > Pau >>> > > >>> > > -----Original Message----- >>> > > From: Andreas Sandberg [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > > Sent: jueves, 27 de abril de 2017 15:17 >>> > > To: gem5 Developer List <[email protected]> >>> > > Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] update ARM Full-System Files >>> > (aarch-system-2014-10.tar.xz) >>> > > >>> > > Hi Pau, >>> > > >>> > > Thanks for creating these instructions and Dockerfiles! This is >>> > something that has been on my todo/wish list for a very long time. >>> > > >>> > > I should be able to give you the permissions necessary to upload >>> > > the >>> > system image to the wiki. Do you have a user name that I can bless? >>> > > >>> > > It'd be nice if we could standardise and automate the process of >>> > updating the distribution binaries using a set of scripts that get >>> > distributed with gem5. Docker is very convenient, but is a bit of >>> > overkill if you already have the necessary environment up and >>> > running on your workstation. The Docker script could then reuse >>> > these scripts for automation. This would be a much appreciated >>> > contribution. How would you feel about contributing these scripts in that >>> > way? >>> > > >>> > > Cheers, >>> > > Andreas >>> > > >>> > > On 21/04/2017 15:10, Pau Cabre wrote: >>> > >> Hi all, >>> > >> >>> > >> I made some changes to the Dockerfile in order to generated DTBs >>> > >> and >>> > kernel filenames more in accordance with the current names in >>> > aarch-system-2014-10.tar.xz. >>> > >> The newly generated files can be found here: >>> > >> https://github.com/metempsy/gem5_arm_fullsystem_files_generator/ >>> > >> rel eas es/download/20170421/aarch-system-20170421.tar.xz >>> > >> >>> > >> I have also just pushed a changeset to gerrit in order to use >>> > >> these new files: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2841 >>> > >> With these changes, if the new filenames are not found, the old >>> > >> ones >>> > will be used. >>> > >> >>> > >> If the changes get accepted, it would be good to copy the >>> > aarch-system-20170421.tar.xz file to somewhere in the gem5.org wiki. >>> > >> >>> > >> Thanks, >>> > >> Pau >>> > >> >>> > >> -----Original Message----- >>> > >> From: Pau Cabre [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > >> Sent: jueves, 13 de abril de 2017 0:41 >>> > >> To: [email protected] >>> > >> Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] update ARM Full-System Files >>> > >> (aarch-system-2014-10.tar.xz) >>> > >> >>> > >> Hi Mohammad, >>> > >> >>> > >> I have posted a Dockerfile to generate up-to-date arm full >>> > >> system files (to the best of my knowledge) in this repository: >>> > >> https://github.com/metempsy/gem5_arm_fullsystem_files_generator/ >>> > >> You can also directly access the generated files here: >>> > >> https://github.com/metempsy/gem5_arm_fullsystem_files_generator/ >>> > >> rel eas es/download/201704/aarch-system-2017-04.tar.xz >>> > >> >>> > >> The README.md has some information and command line examples for >>> > >> using >>> > the new files. >>> > >> >>> > >> Please feel free to try/modify them and provide any feedback. >>> > >> >>> > >> If everybody agrees with these new files, ideally we should >>> > >> upload the >>> > released .tar.xz file to the gem5.org wiki and do some small >>> > changes to FSConfig.py in order to use the new files by default. >>> > >> >>> > >> Thank you very much! >>> > >> Pau >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> -----Original Message----- >>> > >> From: Mohammad Alian [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > >> Sent: martes, 11 de abril de 2017 21:19 >>> > >> To: gem5 Developer List <[email protected]> >>> > >> Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] update ARM Full-System Files >>> > >> (aarch-system-2014-10.tar.xz) >>> > >> >>> > >> Thanks a lot for bringing this up. I wanted to start such >>> > >> conversation >>> > for a long time as all the full system files in the webpage are >>> deprecated. >>> > >> >>> > >> Thank you, >>> > >> Mohammad >>> > >> >>> > >> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Pau Cabre >>> > >> <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> > >> >>> > >>> Hi all, >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> I would like to start a discussion about updating the >>> > >>> http://www.gem5.org/dist/current/arm/aarch-system-2014-10.tar.x >>> > >>> z file, which should contain the necessary files for running >>> > >>> arm FullSystem simulations. >>> > >>> >>> > >>> To the best of my knowledge, it has at least a couple of >>> > >>> deprecated >>> > files: >>> > >>> >>> > >>> 1) binaries/boot_emm.arm64 (generated from >>> > >>> system/arm/aarch64_bootloader/boot.S, which got updated on >>> > >>> 2015-07-15) >>> > >>> >>> > >>> 2) binaries/vexpress.aarch64.20140821.dtb (it has a >>> > >>> misconfiguration, as explained by Andreas Sandberg here => >>> > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg18440.html) >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> And I also suspect that the /sbin/m5 binary of the images in >>> > >>> the disks directory is not compatible anymore with the current >>> > >>> m5 initparam pseudo-instruction, as I am getting the following >>> > >>> assertion failure when trying to use it in a simulated system >>> > >>> of >>> > >>> aarch64-ubuntu-trusty-headless.img: >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> gem5.opt: build/ARM/sim/pseudo_inst.cc:398: uint64_t >>> > >>> PseudoInst::initParam(ThreadContext*, uint64_t, uint64_t): >>> > >>> Assertion >>> > >>> `key_str2 == 0' failed. >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> Given this, I think that it would be good to update such >>> > >>> deprecated files, and it would be also good to add some new >>> > >>> files required by simulations of the VExpress_GEM5_V1 platform, >>> > >>> namely: >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> a) The vmlinux files resulting from the compilations described >>> > >>> here => http://gem5.org/ARM_Linux_Kernel#Linux_4.x >>> > >>> >>> > >>> b) The DTBs from the compilations in the system/arm/dt >>> > >>> directory of a >>> > >>> gem5 checkout >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> Does anybody see any inconvenient? >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> If there is a consensus on the upgrade, if you want I can >>> > >>> provide a Dockerfile with the necessary steps to build the new >>> > >>> file (or if I get the right permissions, I can upload the >>> > >>> ~630MB file to the gem5.org wiki and add a page explaining how it was >>> > >>> generated). >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> Also, after these changes, we should also update "default_dtbs" >>> > >>> and "default_kernels" in FSConfig.py in order to look for the >>> > >>> right DTB and kernel for VExpress_GEM5_V1, and in turn, add >>> > >>> some regression tests for this new platform. >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> Thank you very much, >>> > >>> >>> > >>> Pau >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> > >>> gem5-dev mailing list >>> > >>> [email protected] >>> > >>> http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> _______________________________________________ >>> > >> gem5-dev mailing list >>> > >> [email protected] >>> > >> http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev >>> > > IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments >>> > > are >>> > confidential and may also be privileged. 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